we are on storm watch. moments ago we learned flooding has closed down some schools. >> the warning the chp is issuing to drivers and how the rain has forced the closures of

a half dozen schools. homicide investigators at the scene of a deadly shooting, the major overnight development. live in san francisco for day four of the barry bonds perjury trial. what an explosive new audiotape is revealing what he may or may not have known. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. we are moving into the main event of a powerful spring storm. the ponding storm began in the last hour. we have team county. we begin with steve in the weather center. >> no doubt about it this system is beginning to punch.

the first system gets kicked out and here comes the next one. we have talked about some of that rain. it's beginning to fill in. the front is still back aways. we still have back here a ways to go. it will go to the noon hour, come in tighter. you can see the light greens starting to light up in napa county, in santa rosa and marin county. there's been moderate to steady rain, especially parts of marin county. it's a steady cold rain. the wind is starting to crank up as well. here's sal with an update. it's wet in the north bay, san francisco 101. the traffic is busy coming up to

the 80 slit. even though most of the water, as steve mentioned, is up to the north bay, it's also soaking the entire bay area as we look at 237 and mill peteous. you'll see slow traffic. in the north bay we already had reports of standing water and flooding in marin county. let's go to ktvu reporter kraig debro. the chp issued a warning for flooding. we've got our eye on it right now. it doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary right now. again, the driving rain is making conditions dangerous. we've also just learned that schools in point pray station, toe mal less and on the coast in

invernness have closed because of flooding. earlier this morning on highway 880 in san lee an droa we had a condition. chp got a call that there was flooding. they had reports that a car had hydroplaned and spun out. by the time they got there there was no car. there were three drains that were clogged. they were able to unclog two. but a third drain was still clogged with a lot of asphalt, a lot of debris, a lot of leaves. caltrans worked on the situation. it was cleared up before 6 a.m. this morning. they originally closed two lanes. that went down to one. as of 6:00, all lanes were reopen. highway 101 is starting to gather steam. southbound cars, you can see off in the distance. those are the taillights.

yag, chps had -- again, chp has issued a warning. we've got our eye on this and school closings. reporting for ktvu, kraig debro. san jose police are busy investigating the 13th homicide of the night last night at barry essa road. this is a picture of the crime scene. police responded to reports that someone had been shot. an unidentified wounded man walked into a hospital. he later died from his injuries about 1:00 this morning. radiation levels in tokyo's water have dropped making it safe for people to drink it again. the radiation had been leaking

from a damaged plant at a fukushima power plant in jay pafnlt this morning three workers were injured when their feet touched reactor material while fixing cable. the barry bonds trial starts in about 20 minutes. tara moriarty has more on what's on the tape and what will happen next. >> reporter: jurors were rivetted by the conversation on this tape. it was made by bond's former childhood friend steve hoskins. he will resume the stand where the defense will resume its

cross-examination. hoskins, yesterday told a jury that he witnessed greg anderson, bonds' personal trainer, leave the bedroom with a syringe. he said he was so worried that he taped the conversation. in you listen closely anderson is talking about performance enhancing drugs. >> reporter: now hoskins said he made the tape in march 2003 and intended to play it for barry bonds pea father. the defense said it was clearly made in april after the pair's business relationship turned sour. that's when bonds' accused hoskins of forging his signature.

bonds said in 2003 he did not knowingly take it. he thought this was flax seed oil and arthritis cream. sometime in the next coming weeks, ex-mistress kimberly bell will also take the stand. it was revealed yesterday during testimony there's another mistress, but she is not on the list to appear. we're live in san francisco. i'm tara moriarty. >> thank you, tara, we'll have updates throughout the morning. let's check in with sal and what's happening in the east bay. we're starting off with a look at highway 24. looking at the traffic through lafayette, it doesn't look all that bad. doesn't look like the wet weather is quite as severe. it hasn't reached lafayette or

contra costa just yet. when you get to the toll plaza, you already notice it's wet and may get more wet according to steve. let's talk about the east bay in hayward, already seeing slow traffic 880 to highway 92 and driving to fremont. across the bay highway 101 and 280 looking good. if you're driving through the south bay, the slowest traffic is on highway 85 in the lower part of the valley. let's go to steve. >> all right. our system is moving in. it's giving us some rain, some leet sted -- light steady rain. he said it feels like it's 41 degrees. so this cold air is beginning to come in. the cold air is enhancing. there's a lot of cold air, just

great fantastic support, upper levels, lower levels. it will turn quieter this afternoon. show you whams going on -- what's going on in the darker green from marin county towards napa county and santa rosa and working its way towards the south bay and the east bay. there's light stuff but the heaviest is poised to move in. it goes until at least 1:00. the national weather service will update about 9:00, 9:30 in the morning. flood warning is out for the yellow cause bypass. high wind warning is out for the car keen us in straight. gusts over 80 are likely. heavier rains will focus on the

russian river. but the santa cruz mountains, again, could take about two to three and a half inches of rain. 40s. cold out there. it's going to stay cold. there's one system going by. here's the next one. it wraps up. there are all sorts of snow advisories, winter weather advisories, down to 2500 feet from the mountains of lake county, tahoe, yosemite. there will be a lot of snow and a lot of wind. rain and wind for us, heavy rain this morning, showers, possible thundershowers by this afternoon, low 50s for some on the highs to mid-50s. cold air plunges in, lower snow levels. another system saturday, could linger into early sunday. boy sunday afternoon things start to dry out.

tori, dave? >> new rules what the secretary of transportation is ordering after an air traffic fell asleep. elton john gave a touching tribute to his friend elizabeth taylor and why there may be picketers at her funeral.

good morning, a really cold rain from napa to highway 3, and highway 80 into marin county as well. it's also stretching -- look at

that line back towards hillsburg and santa rosa but beginning to develop and pick up towards the santa cruz mountains and the san mateo coast. we're still following two developing stories at miami international airport. flights were delayed or canceled because of a huge jet fuel file. just over an hour ago part of the airport was evacuated because of a suspicious package found at one of the terminals. the bomb squad is there right now. the police will determine if it's a hazard and detonate it if it's needed. >> i want to show you new video, the huge flames of that jet fuel fire at the miami airport. more than 100 firefighters rushed to the scene. it took them three hours to

contain the flames. no one was hurt. this has crippled the airport. so far 87 flights have been canceled, including american airlines flight 431 top san francisco. there was a scary case at reagan national airport in washington, d.c. we have the report from our d.c. newsroom. two planes were forced to and without any clearance because the air traffic control tower was silent. >> reporter: reagan national airport is just on the other side of the capitol across from the potomac. only one air traffic controller was in the tower at the time and he was asleep. the pilots were forced to and on their on yesterday morning. the planes landed safely after the pilots broadcast their progress. here's a call that one of them

nied a facility -- made to a facility. >> no answer. >> reporter: now the secretary of transportation is now ordering more air traffic controllers to be in the tower on that overnight shift at reagan national airport. he also wants a review of staffing levels at airports across the country. reporting live from washington, d.c., ktvu, channel 2 news. overnight french air strikes hit the interyour of libya. the u.s. military said the coalition air strikes have destroyed libya's air force. rebel forces are pushing towards the capital city of tripoli.

but gadhafi's loyalists show no sign of backing down. the trial of the two men accused of killing clock check journalist chauncey bailey will continue. the admitted gunman will take the stand. he's expected to testify against the two plotting to kill bailey. yesterday a police officer testified. he found two weapons during a 2007 raid on the black muslim bakery. san jose moves a step closer to closing the budget gap. they tentatively agreed to mayor chuck reed's request. seven city unions, including the police are still negotiating. >> if the others don't come,

ultimately the council has to decide whether to continue employment. they have a right to go to arbitration. >> if all 11 unions agree to the cuts, the city will save $38 million, but the city manager's office source tells ktvu there will stem be -- still be layoffs. now that san mateo officials know what their budget will look like, they're scheduling public hearings. the county manager released the proposal that eliminates 270 jobs and asks the 20 departments to make a minimum of 20% in cuts. the first public hearing is next tuesday. a controversial kansas church known for its many

protests are now targeting elizabeth taylor. the church said it mr. picket elizabeth taylor's funeral, most likely because of her humanitarian work for aids respoi. the church is known for its extreme tans on homosexuality. the supreme court upheld its right to protest. >> the voice of elton john are forming "don't let the sun go down on me." this is a tribute to elizabeth taylor. he took time out to honor her. elton john called elizabeth taylor his hero and one of the greatest people he ever met. they were both active raising money and awareness for hiv

research and aware ness. the damage left behind from a tornado. also, not everything goes smoothly for the president of the united states. difficulty the president experienced coming back home from a trip overseas. good morning. westbound bay bridge, look how crowded it s we'll tell you more about this and the rest of the commute.

a 7.2 earthquake hit mir ran mar. they felt it as far away as bangkok where the buildings were swaying. the pacific tsunami warning center said the quake was too far inland. again, a 7.0 magnitude quake

just hit myanmar. our storm watch coverage continues. we're keeping an eye on the sacramento valley. this follows a tornado that ripped through the town of williams east of clear lake yesterday afternoon. the national weather service said winds up to 85 miles an hour cause lad lot of damage, shingles blown off of rooftops. luckily, no one was hurt. today the winds could top about 70 miles an hour. now some video of an awkward moment for president obama. the president was returning home a little early from a five-day trip from latin america. apparently the staff didn't -- know he was coming home and the

door was locked. he had a similar mishap on a visit to china. he tried to make a graceful exit. he pulled and tugged on two big doors, realized his mistake and went out the other door. sal is watching our commute. a busy morning. what's happening? >> i had an awkward moment. we're all human. take a look at san francisco. we have the windshield wiper on the camera. northbound 101 is slow. you'll be driving in heavy rain. it's going to be windy as well, a big backup. the rain is never great for commuting. you already know that. you might want to consider taking public transportation. if you're on transit, drop me a

tweet. i'd love to hear from you, especially if you see something that's a problem. 880 north and southbound, that traffic is moving along well. if you're watching, some people are just listening, if you're watching a little bit of wind moving through. let's did to steve. we've had moderate steady rain. if you don't have to leave the house, i wouldn't. the first system got kicked out because the stronger system is moving in right now. take you up towards mendocino county. middleton had an inch and a quarter, inch and a half. that's rain turning to snow. ukia is 32.

from napa and vallejo and marin county, that's -- over san pablo bay, mill valley, that's a cold steadily rain. south bay waiting. the light rain has made it. on the peninsula, that's starting to fill up. 40s for many. nothing too heavy yet. it's a steady system. it's still developing. so around 7 a.m. to noon looks to be the main focus window. our observer had an inch and a half. that's before the front has come by. 30 to 60-mile-an-hour winds. maybe five degrees warmer. this system will come blasting through this morning. the cold unstable air comes in this afternoon and tonight. it's a rue -- raw day. we've had funnel clouds and tornadoes. it would not surprise me later

on today into tonight. by late sunday into monday things will calm down but one more system on saturday. >> i'm jade hernandez. it's still cold but the rain is starting to fall. we'll have a live report. snow in the sierra. live coverage of what's happening in the snow company. burglary is on the rise in the marina district. why the police are blaming the residents.

traffic is taking a beating, especially in san francisco where it is raining hard. for 20 and a lot of the freeways, drive carefully land leave the house. you're going to need the extra time. all right. our system is moving in. this is touching on heavy rain from napa to vallejo, marin to sauce that leet toe and picking up in the santa cruz mountains and standing boy right now or

near the santa cruz mountains, jade hernandez. >> reporter: we're live along highway 17 where the rain and stronger winds have kicked in. traffic is moving along pretty smoothly. it's the second storm to bring strong winds, heavy rain and flooding. we caught pg&e crews. the crew has been busy overnight. already worked on power outages in sheffield village and pg&e have underground crews in berkeley. we want to take you further south. the biggest concern for scotts valley is when the next storm hits, full ground saturation, moving rocks at the bottom of the slide could collapse four of the hillside. about 50 residents have been

affected so far. access has become the biggest obstacle. they expect a foot path to make a temporary road so vehicles can get threw to bring emergency supplies to residents who aren't able to get out. issues aren't expected to subside. the national weather service issued a small stream advisory for the entire bay area. a wind advisory is also in effect until this afternoon. we've been standing out here for the past 10 or 20 minutes and the rain has kicked up, especially the wind. it's chilly. commuters will experience this. reporting live, jade hernandez. >> thank you, jade. we've been telling you about the school closures on the marin

county coast due to the stormy weather. caltrans has a warning. traffic is restricted on the stretch of highway one near green gullch farm. the restrictions are expected to last for at least the next few days. this morning the labor says it was a slight drop in the number of people applying for unemployment insurance last week. 382,000 filed for first time benefits. applications have been on a steady decline since the and of january. however, the number needs to drop top indicate a sustained increase in hiring. continuing claims also fell to their lowest numbers since september 2008. some pretty good news for anyone looking for a job this summer. more than half of the hiring managers who were asked said they plan to hire seasonal

workers this year. the survey by snag a job.com shows managers plan to hire 7% more this year compared to last. a new poll shows support has dropped among california voters for governor brown's special election plan to extend temporary tax and fee increases. back in january our survey found two out of three voters thought a special election was a good idea but now only a little more than half feel that way. tonight controversial sheriff -- sheriff arpaio will appear at an event. the three will be sheriff arpaio, joe the plumber and joe miller.

the fund-raising event is built as a campaign to defeat barack obama. the contra costa county shard -- sheriff's department is looking for robbers. monday a pizza delivery driver was robbed on cullen drive. the thief stole cash and -- an an ipod and several pizzas. on the same street an ipod was stolen from two teenage boys who were attacked. another crime alert, this time for residents in the san francisco's marina district. police have seen a rise in burglaries over the past couple of months mostly between buchanan and polk streets. the police said unwitting

residents are allowing thieves to follow them inside their buildings and garages. residents are advised not to let anyone in unless you're certain that person lives there. >> we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the commute. it really makes it impressive when you can admit to a mistake and a little faux pas that we make on the air. let's take a look at what we have. the traffic is going to be bills sip and the rain is not helping. northbound 280 getting up to 90, the interchange. steve has been telling us, the rain will not be as heavy in the south bay but it's wet, so perhaps waking up and tuning in, you don't know what to expect. you can expect slower than usual conditions. let's take a look at another

live picture. you can see how crowded the bay bridge toll plaza s -- is. the metering lights are on. we've had some fender benders, nothing major, which is good but still slow traffic. it's barely moving there. the commute in san francisco has affected southbound 101 at cesar chavez. northbound 101 is also going to be busy. northbound 280 is very slow coming out of daly city. you have quite a bit of slow traffic. he told me that this afternoon, although this mi not be as bad, the commute will not be great either. let's talk about steve. around 7:00 things will farther apart and -- fall apart and they are. that system continues to develop

with unbelievely strong jet stream. it is beginning to ping back towards san pablo bay, close towards vallejo, marin county into san francisco. now along the peninsula and into the santa cruz mountains. when you see the darker green, that's a system starting to move. flood advisories until 1:00, 2:00. by 9:00, the national weather service might update these. there are flood warnings for the yellow causeway and lake port. it's cold in lake county. temperatures there are starting to plunge. it's going to be a day where snow makes this down to low levels. windies are -- winter weather advisory -- wind advisories are out. you can see gust over 50, 60

miles. the santa cruz mountains, two to three inches plus along with the rushing rivers. it's a raw, windy day. temperatures won't go much warmer than low to mid-50s. the key is they doctor down out of the gulf of alaska. then they have develop off the california coast up towards you reca. the front has moved through crescent city but has a ways to go for us. there are numerous warnings and watches. i could do a half our show. from northern lake county, the mother lode, tahoe, truckie, winter storm warning is out. the snow level around 2500 feet could go lower tonight. heavy rain in the morning and

turning to showers with possible thundershowers, more reports of hail and maybe severe weather out to the valley. low 50s, mid-50s. colder air moves. showers. more rain on saturday. things lift on sunday and a quieter pattern as we go into next week. >> the rain we're having in the bay area means more snow in the sierra. chains are required on interstate 80 and highway 50. looks like the snow is still falling. >> reporter: it has not let up. it keeps coming down. this is the snow that fell just last night. a couple feet at blue canyon. the newest intermediate ski run. it's packed with snow from colfax to the nevada state line where it's snowing on the east

side of the sierra. obviously, coming into the ski area today you can see the wind that's coming with this latest winter storm is pushing this around making for some difficult visibility for drivers. luckily, so far, no major problems on the roadway. a lot of people have heeded the warning to steer clear of the sierra from the latest storm that could bring five additional feet. it's already over 700 inches for a season total with 290 of that still on the ground in the ski area. it's no wonder people are coming out of the second story of their homes walking into snow. >> all right. thank you. well, the rain, as steve has been mentioning, is picking up

in the bay area. we'll continue our coverage. and what san francisco and san jose need to do to become the wealthiest cities in the country. who hit the high notes on "american idol" and the spooky reason the contestants have moved out of their l.a. mansion.

some big news came down. toyota's manufacturing arm is planning for a shut down because of part shortages from japan. word has gone out to all 13 of

toyota's factories. the dow currently up 44, 12,130. nasdaq up 17. s&p 500 up 5. state regulators will meet to consider a fine of $1 million a day against pg&e because they failed to provide important safety documents following the san bruno pipeline explosion. the punishment would not be decided until pg&e had a chance to defend itself on monday. if approved, pg&e would have to pay the fine. opponents of pg&e smart meters will be speaking out at a utilities meeting. they need to submit a proposal that would let cuss pliers opt out of the smart either practice. opponents say that's a start but

think customers should have the ability to opt in. they're worried about health issues from the meters. any concerns about a drought are being rained on after the latest winter storm filled most of the bay area reservoirs to capacity. lock at that. they're releasing water from the reservoir. water districts have to hold on to as much water as possible to meet customer demands while keeping an eye on the incoming storms to prevent flooding. >> we have the snow pack that's very wet. that water will come down when it gets warm and you have to have room for it. the one big worry, warm storms that could cause a fast snow melt and some uncontrollable runoffs. by the way all five of them have

plenty of water. the levels are from one to three feet to the very top. despite all the talk about budget problems today, san francisco is on track to become one of the 25 lobe hot spots and -- global hot spots and power house. >> reporter: san francisco, along with san jose will be two of the richest cities in the country by 2025 according to a new study. it predicts san francisco will seat fastest economic growth over the next 15 years among u.s. cities with a gross domestic product of $435 billion. but the city is also expected to get older with the working population. and the number of children under the age of 15 will be dropping as well. in order to stay on its

projected economic track, though, the city will have to take on some key issues and those include managing housing costs, which can be outrageous in the city, transportation and, of course, public services, like education to be competitive. san jose, in that same study, is expected to be richer than san francisco and topping the list of richest cities by 2025, bridgeport, connecticut. i'm pam cook. back over to tori. the internet gaming company zinga is threatening to leave san francisco. it want as tax cut. it was an exemption on the employee stock options. a tax on stock options could be enormous. a deal to give twitter a break

passed the committee yesterday. some sites are facing competition with go tooty out of florida. they launched the new social networking platform yesterday. it's designed for users who would like to meet people with similar interests within a 15-mile radius. >> twitter is connecting to people you find interesting and listening to what threr lea saying. to us it's about connecting to the location. >> users can log on anonymously, interact to people without revealing their exact location. if there's a match, they can choose to meet. tonight america will say good-bye to a third "american idol" contestant.

last night the 11 finalists sang the music of motown. a lot of them pleelsd the judges -- pleased the judges. but, unfortunately, not everybody got rave reviews. that was the contestant singing the lionel richie song. after tonight the field will be narrowed down to 10. tonight's results show will also feature performers by idol alumni jennifer hudson. the elimination comes after a strange week by -- the contestants said the mansion was

haunted. they complained about bizarre flickering lights and an infest station of spiders. they also claim a bed sheet flew off a bed and floated down an empty hallway. tmz said the contestants are now living in an undisclosed location. now that's real strange. people are paying thousands of dollars for a place to live that they hope they never have to move into. also, it's a big change from past beliefs. the study casts a whole new life on eating fish and the danger of mercury.

this is a sight in fort worth, texas, a tanker truck dangling over a ramp. it collided with a car. the fire rescue team used a

ladder truck and harness and pulled that driver out. there he is on the gurney. he was taken to safety, rushed to the hospital along with two other people in that other car. all the bad news lately has actually been a boom for one type of business -- the sales of underground bunkers, going through the roof, as much as 1,000%. look at the most elaborate shelter. it includes private rooms for more than 900 people. there's a wine cellar there, medical and dental clinics, a prayer room and a prison down there. the reservation at the shelter costs $5,000 per person. it is 7:55. a new study suggests that mercury exposure from the eating of fish will not raise the risk of heart disease and stroke. harford officials studied it in toenail clippings from thousands of people. toenails are considered a good

gauge of long time mercury exposure. roimps say there's no significant difference between people with high and low exposures. mercury are found in many types of fish including shark and swordfish. sal's finding all kinds of things in our commute. how's highway 24? >> 24 looks slow. the rain is beginning to have an effect on the traffic. we're going to start northbound. there is a car fire that's belong the san tomass expressway at monroe. it's blocking two lanes in santa clara to the left of the airport, to the west of the airport. a lot of people take santa moss. you may want to take another one. again, santa moss at monroe. dave mentioned highway 24.

it's very slow. just to throw the rain in the mix, it's going to be slow. we're looking at the toll plaza. there's the big backup. >> our system is moving. cold, rain and wind. some of it is beginning to pick up. we'll get gusts over 45, 50 miles an hour in some of the higher elevations. possibility of hail, thunder moving in. this cold air is not going anyplace. it will carry us into saturday. another system is coming in rapidly behind. that take a look at live storm tracker two. things are beginning to light up, clara valley, san jose, but right in the santa cruz mountains, the peninsula has a steady rain. east bay stretching from hayward over to oakland, cral de cut -- cal de cut,ed over highway cut up to napa county over to cally

stow ga, that's a pretty good line and cold layer in lake county. some of that rain is turning to snow. ukia, 42 degrees. a quick look at our system. it's moving in. we'll talk about this coming up in two and a half minutes. tori and dave. it's just mass powerful has predicted. steve is telling us the brunt of the storm. the bad weather has actually shut down schools. the 13th homicide of the year is under investigation after an unidentified man walked into a hospital with gunshot wounds. more trouble at a damaged nuclear plant in japan, but not all the news is bad.

a cold, rainy windy day. asleep on the job. pilots are demanding change. also, day four of the barry bonds trial starts in about 3 minutes -- 30 minutes and another explosive tape has surfaced.

good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. the rain started just a short time ago. we do have live team coverage. our reporter kraig debro is in stormy marin county. sal is watching the bay area highways, but let's starts with steve in the weather center. >> the system came in as advertised. the wind has picked up. it's a cold pattern and rain is picking up in solano county, marin county. this is close to the radar site in sacramento. that's a pretty good rain. come out a little, focusing on interstate 80 near san pablo bay and marin county. 42 ukia, very, very cold air.

we're seeing this pick up from highway 24 to 88, san leandro. still, those are moderate to heavy rain. on the peninsula, it's a steady cold rain. >> marin county, look at southbound 101. id pretty busy -- it's pretty busy from sonoma county and over the hill to central san rafael. we have slow traffic 280 and 101. on 280 it's very slow. let's go back to marin county where ktvu kraig debro has been looking at a tough come mute. >> reporter: heavy rain, ponding on roads, winds strong enough to

rip over power lines and trees. we do see a lot on the roads, a lot of water on the road. the heavy rain has force the closure of some schools along the north case. west map rine and invernness schools all closed because of flooding. a major part of the highway closinged. chp chested two lane -- closed two lanes. three clogged drains caused the backup. caltrans crews unclogged two but the third clogged drain kept one lane closed an dawgdz -- additional 60 minutes.

pg&e reported power outages. there are 50 customers without power in cord ma der retes. no major flooding, but the chp is out on the roadway and they're monitoring it. kraig debro reporting. >> thank you. we're working on getting the description of an overnight homicide. this is video from the crime scene taken about an hour ago where police responded to reports that someone had been shot. about 20 minutes later an unidentified man walked into a local hospital with gunshot wounds. he later died from his injuries about 1:00 this morning. we're following developing

news coming to us from myanmar where strong earthquakes hit within the last hour but there was no eisenhower tunnel -- no tsunami. this struck along mien mar's border with thailand and laos. also, radiation levels in tokyo's water dropped. officials said they can stop hoarding bottled water. radiation was leaking into the water from the fukushima power plant. this morning three workers' feet touched water while fixing electrical equipment. in 30 minutes testimony

resumes in barry bonds' perjury trial. a jury is deciding whether baseball's all time home run king committed perjury when he testified under oath that he never knowingly used steroids. this morning the defense will continue its cross-examination of bonds' former business partner steve hoskins. hoskins testified he secretly taped a conversation with bonds' train per greg anderson. the trial of the two men accused of killing oakland journalist chauncey bailey with continue with testimony from the key witness. the admitted gunman, devaughndre broussard is expected to testify against yusuf bey iv and antoine mackie. he said he found two weapons

during the raid on your black muslim bakery and one of the weapons was used to kim chauncey -- kill chauncey bailey. there's a big problem that's causing problems on the roads. sal? >> we'll start in the santa cruz mountains, slow traffic. you can see it's a tough drive getting over the summit. then in santa clara, santa moss expressway, but 85 slow from 87 up to cupertino. you can see daly city to san bruno, a big miss. the nimitz freeway is going to be slow because of the rain but there are no major accidents headed that way. if you're driving in contra

costa county, it's backed up to danville. this is a look at the 880. northbound on the right, traffic is going to be busy. of course at the toll plaza we have about a 20-minute delay backed up to the mcarthur main. >> san jose international. that's southwest flight 1522 on its way to san diego -- on time. rain moving into the santa clara valley. there's a lot of rain moving. it's been exactly has advertised. we said light rain before 7:00. around 7:00, 8:00, things are picking up. talked about how the official temperature has gone from 49 to 46. even by observer in santa rosa talked about temperatures dropping. this is a very cold dynamic

system. i cop spend an hour -- back over, that's an intense line. back over towards southern napa county, marin county, back to san francisco and now starting to light up towards santa cruz mountains and santa cruz proper. today's rain and wind and that's a cold rain around 7 a.m. to noon is the main focus time. half inch to maybe three inches of rain. i've seen 50 in some of the higher elevations. i saw a gust of 57 miles an hour. flood advisories are out. yellow causeway and clear lake. a tremendous amount of water is being released from shasta and

kens wick upstream. that's coming down. plus the releases at all the dams. wind advisories are out thursday morning. sacramento and mon they are ray, might -- monterey might update these. some of the higher elevations gusts over 80. temperatures have been going down santa rosa, down san rafael. 47 oakland. it is cold. the system will pump in cold unstable air. rain in the morning. had a report of thunder near novato. warnings from snow from lake county to shasta where heavy snow is being reported. the mother lode into the sierra. snow around 2500 feet. i believe there's 200 inches of

snow on the ground pat nor -- at norton. heavy wind turning showers with thundershowers, possibility of severe weather. showers, colder, thundershowers possible on friday, more rain saturday. it's been my experience when you get into a rainy pattern, forecast models want to stop it. we wish it would calm done on sunday. there will be lingering showers. monday does look much drier. miami's airport and crisis overnight. a jet fuel fire, canceled almost 100 flights, including one come together bay -- coming to the bay hear. overnight in libya, what targets were hit by french air strikes. plus, one california college gets the donation of historic

proportions.

wet and rainy weather. marin county. you can see that traffic is going to be affected by the wet weather and driving through the rain. 101. we got a tweet that 37 is very slow near seers point. we are still following two

developing stories at miami international airport. police reopened part of it that was evacuated due to a suspicious package. a bomb sniffing dog located the package inside one of the terminals. the bomb squad was called in and the concourse was evacuated. the miami is now open. more than 100 flights were either canceled or delayed overnight, including one flight to san francisco because of this -- a huge jet fuel fire. this is new video of the huge flames from that overnight fire. more than 100 firefighters rushed to the scene. it took two or three hours to contain the flames. no one was injured but a severely damaged fuel system has slowed disee par clurs this morning. so far 87 flights have been canceled, including marling flight 431 heading to san francisco. the secretary of transportation is investigating the staffing levels for air

traffic controllers after a scary incident at reagan national airport in washington, d.c. we have the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: dave, two planes with a total of 165 people on board landed without clearance when the pilots could not get a response from the air traffic control tower. they're looking into the pops abilities that the lone air traffic controller early yesterday morning was asleep. the planes landed safe live after making contacts with a regional air traffic control facility that helped guide them. here's what happened when one of the pilots called that facility. >> the tower is apparently unmanned. called on the phone and nobody's answering. so the aircraft went into the uncontrolled airport. >> that's interesting. >> reporter: the washington

report seder roars increased by 50% last year. in most of the cases planes came too close to each other. reporting live from washington, d.c. >> all right. thank you. new this morning officials reveal why al qaeda targeted detroit in the failed 2009 christmas plane bombing, basically, because it was the cheapest ticket they could by. counter terrorism said houston or chicago were the original targets but it was decided against those places because the cost of tickets were too expensive. now to the latest in libya. french air strikes hit a military base in the interior of the company and we learned they shot down one of moammar

gadhafi's planes. nato ships blocked the coast to block the flow of arms and merse fair ris. the international military operation against moammar gadhafi's forces could last days or weeks but a french foreign minister saying it won't last for months. a breakthrough in san jose's budget battle. last night three city labor unions announced they tentatively agreed to major chuck reed's request for a 10% pay in benefits. a couple weeks away the fire union accepted a 10% pay cut. the union leaders hope this will help close the budget deficit. >> we feel this sacrifice will help preserve jobs and maintain city services. >> union members still have to vote on this agreement. seven city unions, including san jose police -- they're still negotiating. however, a source inside the

city manager's office said even if all the unions agree, there will still be layoffs. san mateo official bses -- officials have a rough draft on what the budget may look like. it eliminates 270 jobs at each of the -- asks each of the 20 departments to make cuts. the county could still face a $32 million budget deficit. the supervisors will be holding public hearings on the plan next week. a community college hits the jackpot with a $14 million doe naismghts bakers field -- donation. bakers field college has received the largest dhow nation to a community -- donation to a community college. the school has dr. levin to thank. he is an lay lum my of bakers

field. he said he decided to give it to the school because he would heat to die rich. there's a new study out about obesity. it says as obesity becomes more common people see extra weight as being normal. columbia researchers are reporting that 82% of owe beets women underestimate their weight compared to 13% of normal women with normal weight. it's about the same percentage for kids. what the researchers found even more troubling is half of overweight mothers with overweight children also thought their kid's weight is normal. one of the world's biggest rock stars pays tribute to an icon of the silver screen. >> sir elton john's tribute to elizabeth taylor and how her death landed another star in the hospital.

>> also, our storm watch coverage will continue. we'll take a look at what's happening now in the sierra. look at the marin county commute. it's not doing well. we have a report that many of the highways in marin county are dog poorly.

zsa zsa gabor is in the hospital this morning after

hearing the news about elizabeth taylor's death. gabor was rushed to the hospital after her blood pressure spiked after hearing the news. gabor feared she would be the next person. first jane russell, then elizabeth taylor and then ga bore. she had her right leg partially amputated in january. >> that's sir elton john singing "don't let the sun go down on me" as a special tribute to his good friend elizabeth taylor. john called taylor his hero and one of the greatest people ed's ever met. the two had been active for years in raising money for hiv awareness and aids.

the chp requiring all drivers on highway 50 through eldorado county have snow tires or chains. on interstate 80 chains are required between cold run and crucky -- truckie. let's check in on the bay area. a lot of windshield wipers. we have people who have emailed or sent tweets about how bad it is. the traffic is just terrible coming out of vallejo heading into marin and the other way around as well. let's go to some of the live pictures. san mateo bridge, the traffic isn't that slow but the driving conditions around good. it's weeps -- windy but not as windy as the other day. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. that traffic is moving along okay. high wind advisories have been

posted by the chp for the san mateo and the bay bridge at about 7:00. so updating that for you. westbound traffic on the bridge is going to be okay this morning and let me see. we are looking now at slow traffic in contra costa county, southbound 680. it's pretty slow from 642 down to danville. if you're driving in the south bay, northbound 101 is slow but northbound 17 really bad over the summit. now let's go back to steve. >> did i hear you say highway 37? >> yes. really bad on radar. 242 and down towards highway 17 heavy rains moving in. not that system. it's that system right there which is barreling in. already got reports of thunder. some of it is turning to snow in

mendocino county, clear lake and lake port. back towards napa and vallejo. that's where some of the heavy rain is, by sears point over san pablo bay, back in southern marin county, in the east bay. sal said 242 and concord. we'll look at that and 680 and back over to 24. south bay 17. you can see why. these are closer to the radar sites. the rain is picking up. peninsula, i'm waiting for the green to turn. so far it's a cold, cold steady rain. our system will give us all sorts of advisories for the mountains. flash flap watch -- flood watches. 40-mile-an-hour gusts at skyline college. 50 plus in some of the higher elevations. suffice it to say, it's goingable to a cold, rainy raw

day with three inches of rain. flood advisory or flood warnings are out for yellow causeway up at the clear lake. a wind advisory for us but a high wind warning for the carquinez straits. >> reporter: strong winds and rain continue to bear down on the santa cruz mountains. i'm tara moriarty. barry bonds has arrived for his trial. we'll tell you about an audiotape. plus, burglaries are on the rise in the marina district, why police are blaming the residents.

traffic is busy around the bay area and cause mad lot of fender benders -- caused a lot of fender benders. traffic is busy as you drive towards san jose. cold, rainy, windy. the system is just roaring in right now. rain rates have really picked up, especially from marin county north. it will be here until noon and showers and thundershowers. rain rates are starting to intensify on the southern end of the pen nine sue larks highway 17, santa clara valley and san

hoe sai. right in the middle is jade hernandez. hi, jade. >> reporter: good morning, steve. the first couple of hours we were out here, no rain, no wind but just after 7:00 we started to feel the rain come down and it's been coming down very hard for the past hour or so. take a look. there's a lot of fog. traffic is moving pretty slowly. i want you to take a look at what we were looking at earlier. traffic is steady in the santa cruz mountains. the storm, the second this week is expected to bring strong winds, heavy rain and flooding. driving down here this morning from oakland, we caught pg&e crews working hard to repair a power outage off the embarcadero. the crew had been busy overnight of the. a foreman said he worked on power outages and that was at

3:30. pg&e had underground crews in berkeley to restore electricity. we want to take you farther south. the biggest concern for scotts valley residents, full ground saturation, moving rocks at the bottom of the slide could collapse more of the hillside on nelson road. access to about 50 residents have become the biggest obstacle. they are making a foot path. the soil needs to be somewhat dry for geologists to assess the site's stability. they will issue a small stream advisory for the entire bay area. sandbags and a quickest scape plan should be kept handy. in a half hour a flood warning is expected to be issued as

well. >> thank you. now we've been telling you about the school closers. caltrans also has an important warning if you're driving in the area. traffic is restricted on the stretch of highway one near green gulch farm. it swept away part of the coastal road. the restrictions are expected to last for at least the next couple of days. barry bonds has just arifed in court for day four of his perjury trial. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: bonds just arrived here at the courthouse about 15 minutes ago. he rushed inside out of the rain. now yesterday jurors were able to listen to the secret audiotape made by bonds' former childhood friend and business

partner steve hoskin. the defense continues its cross-examination. hoskins said he saw bonds' personal trainer, greg anderson leave bonds' bedroom during spring straining with a syringe. hoskins said he was so worried that he decided to tape a conversation with anderson. anderson talks about cysts forming if steroids are injected in the same spot. now hoskins says he made the tape in march 2003 and intended to play it for bonds' father. the defense said the tape was clearly made in april after the pair's business relationship turned sour. they said hoskins was out for revenge and even tried to extort money from the ball player the reason we are here is bonds told

the balco grand jury that he didn't take steroids but the prosecution said he lied. we should be seeing mike murphy, the long time giants equipment manager. he is expected to they have how barry's calf size grew. >> thank you, tara. you cran get updates any time at ktvu.com. the labor department said there was a slight drop in the number of people applying for unemployment. that's down about 5,000 from the week before. applications have been on a steady decline since the end of january but the numbers still need to drop below 375,000 to give a sign of sustained increases in hiring. continuing claims also went down to their lowest numbers since

september 2008. better news if you're looking for a summer job. more than half the hiring managers surveyed by snag a job.com said they plan to hire seasonal workers this year. the survey shows managers expect to pay 7% more this year compared to last. the average summer job will pay $10.90 an hour. back in january a survey found two out of three voters thought a special election was a good idea. now only a little more than half feel that way. tonight controversial sheriff arpaio from arizona will appear at a tea party event in the bay area along with two other joams. the event is called the three joes. it features are a harp -- sheriff arpaio known for his tough stance on immigration, joe

the plumber and alaskan candidate joe miller. the campaign is to defeat barack obama. it's being held at a private home in san mateo. the contra costa sheriff's department looking for witnesses to three separate robberies. on monday about 9 p.m. a 19-year-old pizza delivery driver was robbed on cullen drive. the thief told cash, ipod and several pizzas. about 2:30 p.m. a 14-year-old was attacked. his head phones were stolen. about an hour later on the same street an ipod was stolen from two teenage boys who were attacked. a crime alert for the marina district. police have seen a rise in burglaries the past few months,

mostly between buchanan and polk streets. police say unwitting residents are allowing thieves to follow them into their buildings and garages. they're being advised don't allow anyone in unless you're certain that person lives there. a bart extension project in east contra costa county is set to receive a $19 million boost. this will run from the pittsburgh bay point station to hillcrest in antioch with one station in between with the railroad avenue in pits burg. the trains will be let expensive. the extension is scheduled to open in 2015. i'm sure will lot of commuters could use that extension today. >> we have lots of problems, sal. where will you start?

>> we'll start by letting everybody know that the worst of the commute is now. if you want to put this off for a while, this may be better but i was watching one of steve's tweets. he said this is the heart of the storm right now. let's go outside. i want to show you 880 northbound. the traffic is going to be busy as you drive north, which is typical, slower in the rain. i get a lot of complaints about people drive too slow in the rain. there's a thing -- you can be cautious but you can also drive too slow and impede traffic. make sure you're doing the right thing. drive carefully. not too slow, not to fast so slow traffic -- remember, many of the commutes you have no option. you have to drive slow because the traffic is bad. this morning's commute on the nimitz freeway. we had traffic slower in fremont and in antioch.

want to move this down to the santa cruz mountains. the traffic is not good because of all that wet weather moving through. now it's the man, steve paulson. >> how can i be the man, sal -- you. we have lots of rain moving through the bulk is between now and the next couple of hours. lots of reports of heavy wind and rain. it's not going to change until about sunday. so rain and wind and the possibility of hail, thunderstorms later on. by friday much colder air moves in and showers, breeze disci, blustery conditions and thundershowers with one more system on saturday. it will lift. we'll get rain on saturday. by sunday, monday, the jet stream will be lifting. we'll be on the southern edge.

our system packs a good punch. it has cold air support, a wonderful awesome jet stream. you take a par cell -- parcel, cool it, lift. it things are just exploding. that's near the radar site. north bay over to nap parks concord, san pablo bay, san jose and the santa cruz mountains. that's a strong line. so the heaviest half inch to three plus. 30 to 60-mile-an-hour winds with gusts of 50. flood advisory is out. flood warnings are out for the yellow causeway by amounts of cold air, temperatures in the 30s with advisories for snow. i'll get to that in a second but

wind advisories are out for most of the bay or -- or high wind warning. santa cruz mountains, two to three inches of rain possible. that's an area of concern president the ground is saturated. it doesn't take much. we can get rapid rising. this is a cold system. it will pump in cold air. when you see this back here, that is unbelievably unstable. sierra snow will crs -- continue. winter weather advisory. possibility of thundershowers later on. temperatures low 50s for many, maybe upper 40s in the higher elevationings. any good knew, steve? monday does look dry.

>> all right. thank you, steve. it is 8:43. ating production. there's some good news and bad news about toyota this morning. >> yes. the idol contestants sing the songs from motown.

let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories. you're looking at a live picture of rainy situations in the bay area and several schools in west marin are closed this morning because of the rain, the strong winds and fear of flooding. they include toe mal lease high school and elementary school. marin and invernness. san jose police are busy. they're looking at suspects involved in a deadly shooting at a strip mall. one man died from those gunshot wounds. japanese government officials said radiation levels

in tap water have gone down. now residents are being asked not to stockpile supplies like bottled water. ktvu's pam cook joins us with overnight news that's affecting many people now looking for a car. >> reporter: toyota announced this morning it will likely have to cut production at some of the u.s. plants and canada. they blame it on a shortage of parts that are built only in japan. they said it's too early to teal how long it will be affected but facilities in the united states, canada and mexico are being considered. we don't know what specific models will be affected. all 18 factories that assembly toyota and lex spules vehicles including those by group units have closed because of that

earthquake and tsunami. now the good news is toyota is also announcing some of the factories will reopen for the first time since the disaster. the prius plant in western japan is set to get back to work on monday. production of two hybrid lex sols models -- lexus models will resume next week. analysts are wondering if we'll hear from the the big three automakers here in the u.s. general motors has already temporarily idled its pickup plant in shreveport, louisiana. i'm pam cook. let's go back over to tori. san francisco is online to become one of the 25 global hot spots and economic power house according to the study by the mckenzie global institute. it could see the fastest economic growth over the past 15 years with a gross domestic

product of $435 billion but in order to stay on its projected economic track, the city will have to take on key issues. these include managing housing costs, transportation and public services such as education. san jose is actually expected to be even richer than san francisco, and topping the list of richest cities in the u.s. by 2025, that city would be bridgeport, connecticut. a mobile app by starbucks may be the company's biggest hit with customers yet. now this app allows you to pay with your drinks with a bar code displayed on your blackberry or iphone. it's been used 3 million times since the beginning of this year. starbucks and customers agree it's the fastest way to pay for their drinks. >> the "american idol" pool of talent is about to get a little smaller. >> ♪ set me free, why don't you

♪ >> last night the 11 finalists sang the music of motown. a lot of the performances really pleased the judges. but, unfortunately, not everyone got rave reviews. >> that was stefano langone. he's singing line them in richie's -- lionel richie's song. the judges said his song was flat. after tonight the field of the high dhol contestants will be down to 10. now tonight's results show will also feature a performance by idol alum nice jennifer hudson. it was a strange week for

the contestants. they say the mansion they were staying in was haunted. they moved out after complaining the lights bizarrely flickered on and off. they said there was an infest station of spiders. they claim a bed sheet flew off the bed and floated down an empty hallway. they have moved to an undisclosed location. all right. it's a way to beat the troubled economy, a deal that could get you free rent for your business for a year. >> wow. also, we're going do wrap up this morning's storm watch coverage. stay right where you are.

am sacramento property owner is coming up with a creative way for tenants to come up with a way top rent properties. he's now offering free rent for a whole year if prospective tenants sign a five-year lease. he said he's received several calls since he started advertising the deal. in the south bay free tax help is available for low income individual else. sacred heart in san jose is offering tax assistance with bilingual tax preparers. you must earn less than $49,000 a year, and you must make an appointment by calling the organization or going to the website. you'll find a link at ktvu.com

under web links. the national cherry blossom festival in washington, d.c. opens this week with a solemn tribute to the victims in jupes-- in japan. because of the disaster in japan, the organizers will hold special fund-raisers tonight. par ties pant will gather for a walk among the cherry blossoms. today in span bruno -- san bruno, the public is invited to make 1,000 origami cranes for the disaster in japan. they will be strung together and sent to san bruno's city. it's a symbol of hope and encouragement. students will demonstrate how to make these cranes. also a $2 donation is made for

each crane that's made. >> we have a lot of information on the web cited on how people can -- website on how people can donate. >> we have heavy traffic all over the plaissments the rain is keeping the commute from winding down. northbound 880. so is the westbound bridge. it's backed up to the maze. this is not the only place. looking at the san mateo bridge, 101 marin cameras. it's all like this, windy and rainy. >> i believe this photojournalist is saying hold on. a lot of lost umbrellas. there we are. cold rainy pattern, also into

oakland. gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour. you know, just hunker down if you can. decreasing on sunday, monday looks okay. >> i think my umbrella is busted for the year. well, try and stay dry. thanks for watching. >> bye now.